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Mideast and Iran overshadow EU-West Balkans summit

There's a changing menu in Sofia, where EU enlargement had due to be focus of meeting

16/05/2018

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Brief from Brussels: 'With friends like these' - Trump looms large over EU summit

16/05/2018

World News

Rebooting the Western Balkans

The focus is on infrastructure

16/05/2018

Europe News

Catalan crisis hits Western Balkans summit

Spanish PM won't be at Thursday's meeting in Sofia because Kosovo's president is attending

16/05/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Stuck in Serbia

15/05/2018

Cult

Balkan Trafik: building bridges through music

Make peace and not war: That's the principal idea behind Balkan Trafik, which brings together live acts from Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia Herzegovina.

24/04/2018

World

Jean-Claude Juncker and EU 'enlargement fatigue'

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks to Euronews about border disputes and EU enlargement.

02/03/2018

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Brexit and the beast

02/03/2018

World News

Jean-Claude Juncker warns Balkan leaders to stop corruption

But the European Commission President also said "the Western Balkans have a place in the European Union".

02/03/2018

Kosovo

Kosovo rounds off independence celebrations with military parade

President Hashim Thaci said Kosovo should eventually become part of the EU and NATO, as the country marked a decade of independence from Serbia.

18/02/2018

Europe News

Brief: EU Balkan strategy and Munich security forum

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

15/02/2018

Europe News

FMs split over EU West Balkan Strategy

The EU's foreign ministers are divided over the timetable for Brussels' plan to bring six West Balkan states into the Union.

15/02/2018

Europe News

Brief: Historic meeting in Zagreb and stronger borders in Albania

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

12/02/2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia renews efforts to find lyrics for its national anthem

The Balkan nation is one of three countries in the world that do not have lyrics for its national anthem, because its politicians have failed to agree any for 19 years.

07/02/2018

Europe News

Serbia and Montenegro: EU joiners by 2025?

The European Commission has unveiled a plan outlining a renewed push for integration - but it is a case of tough love. There are conditions attached.

06/02/2018

Republic of North Macedonia

UN mediator confident FYROM can change its name and resolve dispute

The UN Representative helping the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) resolve a dispute over its name said on Friday a solution is still possible.

02/02/2018

Europe News

EU aims to bring in Serbia, Montenegro by 2025

Serbia and Montenegro are likely to be the next countries to join the European Union, possibly by 2025. After years of stop-start progress, the EU is making a new push to bring in the Western Balkan nations.

19/01/2018

Republic of North Macedonia

NATO Secretary General visits FYROM as it renews bid to join the allia

Jens Stoltenberg has made a rare visit to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which is renewing its bid to join the alliance.

18/01/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: plastics tax to the rescue for EU budget?

10/01/2018

Europe News

Will Western Balkan EU bids move forward?

Bulgaria hopes to use EU presidency to revive EU accession bids

10/01/2018